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B. BROWNSYON.

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No. 812,081. Patented Feb. 10,1885.

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RALPH, BROXVNSON, OF ST.;PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PETERR. L. HARDENBERGH, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,081, dated February10, 1885.

Application filed June 19, 18%;.

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that I, RALPH BROWNSON,citizen of the United States, and a resident of I St. Paul, in thecounty of Ramsey, in the State of Minnesota, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Horse Collars, of which the followingspecification is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beingalso had to the accompanying drawings, in [O which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of a horse-collar embodyingmy improvements, and with a pair of hames attached thereto. Fig. 3 is anenlarged per- I 5 spective View of a section of one of the joints,illustrating the manner of attaching the parts to each other; and Fig. 4is a cross-sectional view of the same as it appears when the collar iscomplete. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of one side of the collar andone of the hames on the line at x of Fig. 1.

A is the body of the collar, and B B the hames, formed in the ordinarymanner. The rim. of the collar differs from the ordinary collar, andthese points of difference constitute my invention. The ordinary rim ismade of nearly the same size throughout, while my improved rim is formedwith enlargements or swells a (L2 a -two at the sides and one at thebottom. The ordinary rim is usually made of one, or sometimes two,pieces of leather, while my improved rim is formed from five separatemain sections, 0 O

O 0 C and four joint-coverings, D D D D".

The manner of connecting the different sections of the rim together isan important fea ture of my invention, and consists in sewing betweenthe two edges of the ends of the sections 0 G O 0* C the edges ofsmaller pieces,

D D D D, as shown in Fig. 3, and then flattening the latter down uponthe former, as shown in Fig. 4. By this means the four edges of theleather are firmly held together and the joints protected and bid fromsight and 2. The joints do not add anything to the weight of the collar,but rather improve its appearance and strengthen the rim. By

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thus forming the rim in separate sections and uniting them by thejoints, as shown, I gain several important advantages. First, I amenabled to form the central sections, 0 0*, and the'lower section, 0with the swells a a a without cramping the remainder of the rim orrendering it liable to wrinkle with use; second, the rim can be formedfrom smaller pieces of leather, and thus a saving in material secured;third, the rim will be stronger, as the covering-strips D D D D* and theswells a a e add strength thereto; and, incidentally, a fourth andimportant advantage is gained in that the swells a a form guards, forthe hames to hold them in place upon the collar without the necessity ofdrawing them up so tightly by the straps or couplings at their ends asto pinch the horses neck. This latter advantage, I am aware, has beengained by constructions of horse collars differing from mine; but it isa very important point, as horses are frequently injured and sore spotsformed upon them by the pinching of the collar by the hames, renderednecessary to prevent the latter from slipping from the collar. lVith myimprovement this is avoided, as the swells a a will hold the hames inplace, even when they are left very loose. The swelled portion a is alsoan important feature of this invention, as it adds strength at thehitherto weakest part of the collar, without increasing the weight orgiving the collar or rim a clumsy appearance. Another important pointgained by this manner of forming the rim is that the hames press inwardand come in contact with the point between the rim and body only for acomparatively short distance near the heaviest part of the body and rim,(on the line or a; of Fig. 1,) and do not press inward upon the rim atany other points; hence the collar below and above the point of contacton the line a: x is left free to gradually adjust itself to the necks ofthe animals, and not cause them any inconvenience from unnaturalpressure.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is5 1., A horse-collar provided with the sepa rate and independentsections 0 0*, having In testimony whereof I have hereunto set swelledportions a a substantially as and for my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- :0

the purposes herein specified. nesses.

2. In a'horse-collar the combination with the main body-A, of the rimformed 0 f seo- RALPH BROVNSON' tions G C (J 0 0 having swelled portionsWitnesses: aa a and joints D D D D, substantially as O. NWVOODWARD,

and for the purpose specified. LOUIS FEEsER, Sr.

